External Examiner – Community Nursing

The College of Human and Health Sciences is seeking an external examiner for MSc Community and Primary Health Care Practice.

Role Specification:

The external examiner is asked to look at a sample of the assessments and report on:

the administration of the programme

the standards and consistency of internal marking

the standards of student performance

the extent to which the regulations and processes of the University are correctly applied and adhered to

whether the academic standards of the programme are appropriate

examples of good practice identified

The successful applicant will be asked to attend one examination board per year and submit an annual report following this. External examiners are also required to provide comments on proposed modifications and the development of new modules within their area of expertise.

Essential Criteria: Experience of delivering community school nursing programmes
Current NMC registration on the appropriate part of the register

Desirable Criteria: Previous experience as an external examiner

Date of appointment: September 2017 – September 2021Programme details will be provided to the appointee and induction/training offered.

Please note that due to existing external examiner arrangements we are not able accept applications from staff in the following institutions: